I got the following email from the Rawsome Co-op. Thought I should share it:
"Dear Rawesome Donors and Supporters:
Thank you for your support and prompt replies to our recent e-mail about our Rawesome Legal Defense Fund.
As you know, we are in great danger of closing our doors because the L.A. Department of Building & Safety has ordered us to shut down at 665 East Rose, our current home. We have discovered that the current orders were instigated by the L.A. Health Department, the same group that tried to shut us down by their illegal raid in June 2010.
In order to keep Rawesome open and make healthy food choices available to our members, we are seeking donations for our Rawesome Legal Defense Fund. We have hired a wonderful team of attorneys and investigators who are now defending us against these improper allegations.
If you can make a donation in any amount, please do so immediately to help keep our healthy food available to our members. You can drop off your contribution on Wednesday or Saturday at the front desk. You can also make a donation through our Paypal account at:
http://www.realfoodrights.com/donate.html (you will see a link to a Pay Pal account for the Rawesome Community Defense Fund).
Please spread the word to your community to visit our:
WEBSITE:
http://www.realfoodrights.comFACEBOOK page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Real-Food-Rights/136309869741658TWITTER feed:
http://www.twitter.com/realfoodrightsYOUTUBE:
http://www.youtube.com/user/RealFoodRights Please tell people in your community to get involved and support every one’s right to choose healthy, organic real foods. Please note that any donations to Rawesome will only be used to keep Rawesome open and thriving for our members!
One reason we need funding right now is because Aajonus Vonderplanitz, president of Right To Choose Healthy Foods, is REFUSING to give us any of the funds raised for Rawesome after the June 30th raid. We were lead to believe that funds raised by Mr. Vonderplanitz for Rawesome would be used to defend Rawesome and keep it open for us. Sadly that is not the case.
If you donated to Rawesome through Mr. Vonderplanitz and would like your donation refunded so that it can go directly to Rawesome, please email Mr. Vonderplanitz at: optimal@earthlink.net and ask that your donation be refunded so you can send it to us directly.
We are so sorry for this inconvenience. As always, we remain truly dedicated to protect your right to eat healthy foods!If you have any questions, you can call us at 310-452-2244
Your Rawesome Family"